Hi Ross ..   
      
    RC> On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 12:02:24 -0400, "Alan Zisman -> TOM WALKER"   
    RC> <1:123/789.0> wrote:   
      
      
    AZ> PC Mag's annual review of free antivirus came out in late March:   
      
    AZ> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388652,00.asp   
      
    AZ> Their editor's choice this year - Panda Free   
      
    RC> Didn't Panda Free brick a number of Windows machines, flagging   
    RC> critical system files as infected?   
    RC> --    
    RC> "And sometimes even now, when I'm feeling lonely and beat   
    RC> I drift back in time and I find my feet,Down on mainstreet"   
      
    RC> -Bob Seger   
      
   Interesting observation.  I use and have used Panda with the paid-for version   
   for many years now.  Interestingly, about or just after the end of March my   
   complete non-free Panda 2015 Global Protection I use on only one Windows   
   computer primarily for research work with Magic Jack only not only collapsed   
   on that system but it wound up VERY badly being assaulted on the entire SATA   
   hard drive.  I've worked fairly closely with Panda's crew on things for a long   
   time also for other reasons.  But don't usually contact their folks unless I   
   can't 'fix' whatever myself.  Turns out the a whole pile full of the Panda   
   directories and files were very badly corrupted and the Windows boot-up   
   CheckDsk utility wound up with TONS of the Panda files with allocation errors!   
      
   OK, although I could have used a 'furnished' removal executable that I do have   
   from Panda, I chose to do research and see what might be found as   
   'in-the-middle' of this mess.  The Windows CheckDsk utility apparently   
   'cleaned' up that part of the mess.  However the 2015 Global Protection was   
   totally trashed.  OK, I, including to see if maybe the system was perhaps   
   'hacked' or whatever, tried to use the special Panda executable to 'remove'   
   the product and I'd get it all over again.  Nope!  It could not even do that!    
   OK, I went and got a complete new download of the product, which I most always   
   do as the stored complete file which I then choose to execute.  WOW!  It took   
   me FOUR complete interrupted install vectors to finish the install!  Each time   
   there was a complete 'locked' Panda subdirectory that I had to use the Windows   
   actual delete tool to erase, then start over on the install!  It finally   
   finished the complete new install, but would never orginally handle any kind   
   of Renew or Repair from the Panda site.  Then I was able to use the original   
   special access registration code to move it from the 30 day trial version to   
   the 'normal' version. Which at this point seems to be working better than the   
   original utility did except for one still not-able point.  At this time I have   
   still been unable to actual turn 'on' the Panda Firewall that originally   
   worked fine here with 2015 Global Protection.   
      
   Anyway, I'm still playing fiddle-faddle with this issue which if I can't get   
   that to resume operations I'll touch base with their crew.   
      
   Interesting that you posted your comment.  I still have the perception of   
   poetry about things.  - You're in the army now,  You're not behind the sow.    
   You'll never be rich with your snoot in a ditch and diggin' up truffles   
   somehow. -   
      
      
   Mike Luther as N117C @ Net 1/117   
      
      
      
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